Vegetation history and human impact in the Eastern Central Himalaya (Langtang and Helambu, Nepal)

Erscheinungsjahr 1999
ISBN: 978-3-443-64230-3
Verlag: Borntraeger

Buch, Englisch, Band 318, 98 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 220 mm, Gewicht: 230 g

Reihe: Dissertationes Botanicae

Autoren/Hrsg.

Beug, Hans-Jürgen

Miehe, Georg

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1
2 The study area 2
3 Climate, weather and valley winds 3
4 Flora and vegetation 8
4.1 State of the art 8
4.2 Flora, vegetation and vegetation belts 12
5 Population and land use 26
6 Vegetation history 31
6.1 State of the art 31
6.2 General remarks, methods 33
6.3 Pollen types, pollen morphological comments and ecological meaning 35
6.3.1 Arborealpollen types: Gymnospermae 36
6.3.2 Arboreal pollen types (trees, shrubs and dwarf shrubs): Angiospermae 38
6.3.3 Non arboreal pollen types 44
6.3.4 Spores of ferns and mosses 53
6.4 Langtang village site. Profiles Langtang 1 and 2 55
6.4.1 Site description 55
6.4.2 Vegetation development 56
6.4.3 Discussion 65
6.5 Upper Langtang valley sites. Profiles Langtang 18 and 8 69
6.5.1 Langtang 18 69
6.5.2 Langtang
6.6 Alpine sites. Profiles Langtang 3 and 6 76
6 6.1 Langtang 3 76
6.6 2 Langtang 6 80
6.7 Helambu sites 82
6.7.1 Helambu 1 82
6 7.2 Helambu 2 85
7 Summary 87
8 Abstract 93
9 Acknowledgements 94
10 References 94